I am happy to announce what I hope is an incentive to support independent media and GraniteGrok.com. Free stuff. Our first foray into this something-for-something landscape is an 18-page E-Book called ‘Democrats Destroy Everything They Touch.’ It is a primer, using a handful of my past essays sorted and formatted for easy reading, that reminds ... Read more

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A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. The human is driving; the computer provides the horsepower. This 1,600-word column was edited for publication length ... Read more

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I do not put much stock in the inner thoughts of Michelle Obama because I do not think she is qualified to make such a broad sweeping statement. I believe the country is more than ready for a female chief executive, just not her. Folks on the Left talk like Mrs. Obama is destined to ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, the City of Houston showed its ass last week when it called Good Friday (and Easter Weekend) a Spring Holiday after gushing over Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr. Houston, we have a problem. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 143 Link(s) Authors’ and ... Read more

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We are proud to officially endorse yet another Right-To-Try effort this year: Representative Brian Cole’s bill, HB1735-FN, relative to permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the Right to Try Act. This legislation builds on New Hampshire’s existing Right to Try law (HB 701, passed last year) by expanding access to investigational treatments for patients facing ... Read more

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When you watch your favorite news source or listen to the radio or podcasts, you know you are getting either a news or an opinion interpretation of the subject, and they can be very different. When I tune in to Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, or (why would I torture myself) Rachel Maddow, I understand I ... Read more

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This week, on the Elsa Kurt Show, Elsa and Clay discuss First Amendment issues and cases involving sports and “athletes.” Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment ... Read more

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I’d like to say this is not the exception and more the norm, but we know it’s not, and not just from schools. Cities like Nashua exist to use government resources and waste taxpayers’ dollars to defend their partisan personal interests. Governmental bodies, flush with other people’s cash, bonded staff, and large insurance policies, especially ... Read more

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Allowing parents to send their child to another district, is a great idea. But the current open enrollment program undermines our right to local self-governance. It forces parents to pay taxes to the district they are trying to leave, and disenfranchises them in the district they want to join. They become outsiders without a voice ... Read more

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Whether you like it or not, solar, as a scaled-up alternative to other forms of commercial energy production, is a huge risk. It’s expensive, intermittent (unreliable), has a significant front and back-end carbon footprint, has a highly toxic manufacturing process, a sketchy and toxic end of life question mark (how, who, cost, disposal, de-manufacturing, danger ... Read more

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I’ve heard Chris Ager say many times, ad nauseam, that ANY seat can be won.  The reason I used the words “ad nauseam” is that I’ve heard it the most times inside the Nashua Marriott ballroom, usually at the NRCC podium during a routine “better luck next time” consolation speech in November.  In even-numbered years, ... Read more

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You can’t escape death, but avoiding taxes is something human beings do instinctively, especially those who insist that paying them is some sort of patriotic duty. Personally, I go to great lengths to ensure that I have reported all my income. Not doing this makes you a natural target for certain political factions who are ... Read more

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If you’ve not been following the situation in the Kensingston/East Kingston School District, you can get caught up here, but it involves schools, so the problem is one with which you are likely familiar. It is something and a microcosm of the problem with public education. Spending and cost per student are climbing to or ... Read more

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How does it compare to Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan? This week, on NE TAKE, A. J. is joined by Middle East expert Jason Pack, of the Disorder Podcast and NATO Foundation, to break down the geopolitical state of the Iran military conflict and how it compares to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Does Trump have this ... Read more

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President Trump stopped by the US Supreme Court to listen to oral arguments on the birthright citizenship case. The only President ever, I think, to do that. Power tie, listening. He is later reported to have said, “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” I’m thinking, maybe the ... Read more

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The President addressed the American people on Wednesday night, but listening to the supposed experts on CNN and MSNBC afterward showed they missed it. Nicolle Wallace was brought in for the recap because of her political expertise. Please, she spent her segment basically laughing at the President and his address. Kaitlin Collins on CNN was ... Read more

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With the help of Andy and Julie Liddell at the EdTech Law Center, some parents around the country have begun filing lawsuits against Curriculum Associates, the company that produces the i-Ready learning platform used in many schools. According to the complaints filed in these lawsuits, parents allege that the company’s business model allows for the ... Read more

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People often say that ‘politics is the art of the possible’.  But I think that this is too often used as an excuse to tinker with an issue rather than really addressing it. The reason we’re not still part of Great Britain — and the reason we have a country that is (on paper, at ... Read more

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There is no shortage of content on these hallowed pages related to the so-called No Kings protests. Morning Updates, podcasts, and print-media commentary aplenty. Aside from the lost proglodyte or some left-wing troll looking for validation for their notion that we are all bigots and racists, not many a lefty is likely to see it. ... Read more

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